Alnus Mill.
(alders)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Tree (Click to open)
Species 32 images
Leaf (Click to open)
Species 40 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAlnus (alders)
FamilyBETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Parnell, J. Alnus Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Alnus (alders) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alnus (alders)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 533 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alnus (alders)
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